It Happened in a Flash

She is grateful

After Kara calmed down again they went back to the couch and sat down. They resumed their movie and continued inhaling the popcorn. Kara soon moved the empty bowl onto the floor by her foot and scooted closer to Barry. He unconsciously put his arm around her. Soon, he felt a weight on his chest and looked down, noticing she had fallen asleep. Her head leaning on him and soft breaths emanating from her sleeping form. She looked so peaceful and happy that he couldn't bring himself to wake her. He decided to leave her to sleep for now and just get her when the movie ended and he headed to bed. 

The Next Morning

Barry awoke to his phone buzzing. His looked down, Kara's head still on his chest, and realized that he'd fallen asleep on the couch. He gently moved Kara and stretched, careful not to wake her. He then answered his phone.

"Hello?" He said groggily 

"Barry where the hell are you!" Joe yelled into the phone. Barry was wide awake now.

"Ummm... I'm at home." He replied meekly.

"Home!? Barry, it's almost noon! Captain Singh is about to lose it!"

"Oh god! Okay! I am headed down to the precinct right now! I just have to wake Kara and grab some food!" Barry replied, worriedly checking his watch.

"Oh! Speaking of Kara, I talked to Iris this morning." Joe said. Barry knew immediately from his voice that Joe was mad at him. Joe rarely got mad at Barry.

"Joe I'll see you in a little bit!" He said quickly into the phone effectively cutting Joe off. Then he hung up the phone before Joe could attempt to reply. He stood up and sped into his room, quickly getting ready for the day. After he was done he grabbed his coat and went and put it on the hook next to the door for when he left. He then went back into the living room and looked at the sleeping beauty lying peacefully on his couch. All her hair away from her face except for one strand. Barry crouched down next to the couch and gently placed the hair behind her ear. He leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. Kara groaned softly and rubbed her eyes as she awoke. She opened her eyes to a grinning Barry.

"Morning," He said quietly.

"Hi." She responded smiling sleepily. He stood up and went into the kitchen with her following close behind. He went into the fridge and pulled out pancake batter from the prior morning. 

"How do you feel about pancakes?" He said with a wide grin. She laughed and nodded in approval. He chuckled and zoomed around the kitchen. He took out cereal and cracked two eggs into a bowl whisking them and pouring both into a large pan. He poured two glasses of orange juice and placed one in front of Kara, who just watched in amazement. Soon he flipped the last pancake onto the stack he had made on a large plate. He took out the syrup, two smaller plates for himself and Kara, and the cinnamon and sugar placing them all out on the table. 

"If every meal turns into this big of a production I might have to stay here." Kara laughed. He smiled and sat down next to her. They quickly devoured the delicious meal he had made and drank their juice. Both so happy, wishing it could always be this nice. Barry stood up and cleaned everything up in an instant.

"Well, I have to go to work. I was supposed to be there at nine." He said as he started the dishwasher with a sigh.

"Nine?! Barry, it's 12:13! That was 3 hours ago!" Kara yelled. She couldn't believe how late the fastest man alive was about to be.

"Yeah I know but I kind of fell asleep with you on the couch. Joe woke me up about 15 minutes ago and yelled at me. Anyway, I told him I'd be there in a bit."

"Wait, you're late because you chose to have breakfast with me? Barry, you should have just gone- not that it wasn't great but I would've understood. I don't want you to get in trouble with Joe and your boss because of me." Kara said.

"Hey, hey, hey, this was my choice, Kara. Besides I was already 3 hours late when he called. I would have been in trouble even if I had skipped out on breakfast. Besides, I wanted to have breakfast with you. It was nice, and a hell of a lot better than eating a granola bar on the job while getting yelled at." He said as he grabbed his jacket. He walked behind the island so that he was across from Kara and scribbled down something on a piece of paper. He circled the island so that he was next to her. She turned and faced him looking up to meet his green eyes. He handed her the paper and said; " Here this is my cell and my Netflix password. Call me if you need anything and you're free to watch whatever. Just, if you do continue something I was watching please write down the episode and time of the show so I can go back to it." 

"Yeah, no problem." She replied taking the paper from his hand. He turned around and but as he started heading to the door she grabbed his hand making him turn to face her. Kara looked at where their hands were intertwined and let go quickly, drawing her hand back to her lap. She cleared her throat and looked up at him. "Thank you for being so good to me. Not just taking me in, but also for what you said last night. It means a lot." She said nervously running her hand through her hair, allowing it to break free from where it was tucked behind her ear and let it cascade lightly down onto her shoulders. 

He smiled at her and simply replied; "Always." He rested his hand against her cheek and she smiled, lightly laughing. He just smiled at her with admiration. Finally, after a few seconds, he let his and fall and said "I'll see you after work. Wish me luck!" She nodded and waved as he left the apartment and headed off to be crucified. She stood up and poured herself more orange juice. She went into the other room and pulled out a new dress out of her bag and changed. She threw on some light make-up and her glasses. She took her phone off the wall, grateful she had decided to leave it charging the night before. She went back into the kitchen and grabbed her glass and the paper Barry had given her and went back to the couch in the living room. She logged in and began to scroll through Netflix deciding what shows to binge watch. 

------------------------------------------------------

Hey guys! I hope you like this! I'm having a lot of fun writing it and more people have seen it then I was expecting! Huge thank you to JessicaBiggs2 your support means so much to me! Also just so you know I do have school so if I don't post as often I'm sorry. I plan to try and post on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday. Anyway, I hope you have a good day!

 ~Sarah

*also this chapter unpublished, idk why but here you go. (Again)